Fifth Annual Darwin Day celebration, lecture

The Humanist Society of Redding will hold its fifth annual Darwin Day Celebration at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb 10 at the Redding Library.

Local science teacher Charles Crannell will give a talk entitled, "A Discussion of Modern Human Evolution." The lecture will be followed by a discussion and refreshments.

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around Feb. 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Darwin Day celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin - the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity. More information about the celebration is available at http://www.darwinday.org.

The Humanist Society of Redding was established in October 2007 and is an affiliate member of the American Humanist Association. For more information, visit http://www.humanistpeacesociety.org or call Elisabeth Steadman at 604-2984.